Insights & Resources
Providing valuable insights relating to the changing nature of the digital workforce.
We make it our mission to give our clients and Talent valuable insights, reports and resources to help navigate their way through the changing needs of marketing, design and technology.
Salary guides
Salary Comparison Tool
Compare your salary with your industry peers and get real-time results. Simply enter your current salary profile anonymously.
2023 Salary Guide
With salary benchmarks for 100+ roles in digital marketing, creative, and development, our 2023 Salary Guide provides the key insights you need.
2022 Salary Guide
Download a copy of our 2022 Australian Salary Guide and you'll get statistically accurate salaries for over 100 of the most in-demand marketing, creative and development roles.
Talent & Hiring Insights
Talent Insights Report: The Renaissance of Teamwork
Dive into the art of high-performing teams. Get access to the drivers of high-performing teams, their key differences and actionable insights to set your team up for success. In today's rapidly shifting world of work, this is an essential read for leaders.
Part One – Employee Experience 3.0: Creating a Workplace That Works
Learn about the rise of digital nomads, employee preferences and concerns about hybrid and remote work, and insights to create an employee experience that meets the needs of Talent now and in the future.
Part Two – Employee Experience 3.0: Getting Versed in the Metaverse
Take a glimpse into the future of work. Explore the future of work in the Metaverse, unpack why it's so important that employers have a Metaverse strategy and get access to actionable insights and recommendations.
Part Three – Employee Experience 3.0: Decoding the Future of Pay
From cryptocurrency to on-demand pay, salary preferences are changing fast. Decode the future of pay and gain the insights you need to stay competitive.
2022 Australian Talent Insights Report
The pandemic has been a catalyst for new ways of working, resulting in a seismic shift in what Talent expect from employers. Get actionable insights by downloading a copy of our Australian Talent Insights Report.
2021 Australian Talent Insights Report
Download a copy of our 2021 Australian Talent Insights Report and Salary Guide which will provide you with an in-depth look at what's most important to top talent — from communication and compensation, to mobility and flexibility.
Diversity Insights
Part One – Diversity Toolkit: Shift Your DEI Efforts
When you're making moves to create a more diverse workplace, it's not always easy to shift your DEI efforts into the next phase. Download Part 1 of our Diversity Toolkit to get a 6-step plan to gain stakeholder buy-in and turn intention into action.
Part Two – Diversity Toolkit: Shift Your DEI Efforts
Shift your diversity efforts with our actionable reports to help move your company's diversity goals forward. Download Part 2 of our Diversity Toolkit to turn real data into real change, and get a 3-step plan to conduct an equity audit.
Part Three – Diversity Toolkit: Shift Your DEI Efforts
The stats are clear. Diversity makes good business sense. If you're ready to make real progress on DEI download Part 3 of our Diversity Toolkit to go from employer, to employer of choice. Get our checklist for attracting and retaining diverse talent.
Culturally Sensitive Topics Flowchart
Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Jenn Tardy provides a flow chart to guide you through the steps of addressing culturally sensitive topics at work, how to effectively hold space for them, and how to support your team.
AI Diversity Recruitment Worksheet
Guidance from DEI Thought Leader and Recruiting Consultant Jenn Tardy on what right questions to ask and how to evaluate AI recruiting tools for your hiring needs.
Other resources
Own Your Generative AI Practice
Proactive guidance and strategies from the experts on the ethical use of AI design tools, and how to protect ownership of your creative.
How To Get Started With Digital Accessibility
Accessibility is a critical and often-overlooked element of digital design. This guide provides an introduction to digital accessibility, including whose responsibility it is, the skills you need when hiring and the steps you can take to improve accessibility for your organisation.
Digitalks: How to Scale Digital Accessibility and Cater for Diverse Audiences
In this 60-min webinar, Ben Pintos-Oliver, Digital Systems and Accessibility General Manager at Telstra covered:
- How to avoid 30x the cost to go back and make your product accessible
- How to leverage a Design System to do the heavy lifting and scale Accessibility
- Understanding the importance of ‘Disability confidence' to drive cultural change
- Measuring Accessibility and using new data to gain buy-in from the business
Digitalks: Creating A Human-Centred Design System That People Love To Use
In this Digitalks webinar, Hamish O'Neill (Head of Design Systems at carsales.com.au, previously Design Lead at ANZ) and Jonathan Stening (Engineering Lead at ANZ) share their journey in creating a community-driven design system at ANZ using HCD methodologies.
They cover how they:
- Built a design system around the needs of those using it
- Run their design system team
- Continue to drive adoption and contribution after two years
- Measure and show value for business leaders
- Use their design system to unlock creativity
Digitalks: Why Every Brand Needs A Web3 & Metaverse Strategy
In this Digitalks webinar, Lisa Teh, Co-Founder of Web3 marketing agency Mooning, shares:
- A high level overview of Web3
- Why every brand needs to be thinking about NFTs
- Examples of how brands can venture into the metaverse
- How social media will evolve from Web2 to Web3
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